Arno Twigt kindly made contact with information about Aline IV. Arno has owned her for the last 20 years and has her original designs, old logbooks, and he kindly provided the photos below. Aline IV was designed in 1913 and was launched in 1919...
Uffa Fox is a legendary boating character best known as a boat designer and builder. Websites uffafox.com and wikipedia provide good summaries of his life and achievements. An image of this letter is already included on this site. Unfortunately...
Built by Stow & Son yachts of Shoreham in 1912, Desire was 25' LOA, 24'6" LWL and 8'3" beam with a 5' draught and 360 sq ft of sail area. David Mills recalls: "Desire was my father’s boat, bought just after the Second World War. She lived in...
An 89' ketch built by White Bros. For many years she has been based in Cannes having been run as a charter boat and more recently raced extensively on the Mediterranean circuit. Milena is owned by Jacques Anderruthy who acts as skipper when she...
Owl is a Shepherd-designed gaff ketch, built in 1909 by White Brothers. Originally 41 feet long, a later owner Mr Andrews, who was keen on racing, extended her to 55 feet in 1921. Following WW2 she was owned by Englishman David Burnett who kept...
Beeleigh, a Fred Shepherd-designed gaffer, was built in 1913 for a Bernard Durkin who apparently kept the boat for many years. She then passed through many hands before she was acquired by a Geoffrey Pannell of Huddersfield, Yorkshire sometime in...
Fred Shepherd was a prolific designer completing the designs of over 80 yachts during his career. So the listing of his designs below is far from complete. If you have more information about any of these boats, or indeed any Fred Shepherd designs...
Frederick (or more often, Fred) Shepherd was best known as a designer of cruising yachts. He worked for Arthur E Payne and later Lory and Cornwallis in their London offices before setting up his own practice in 1899 in Norfolk Street off London's...
Glaramara was built in 1947, by Moody's, to the same hull design as Amokura. This photo was taken at Sete in the 1990s. Glaramara is owned and raced by Stratis Andreadis having been owned by the Andreadis family for the last two generations. She...